Archive for the ‘Nokia’ Category

Canada’s DAVE Wireless becomes Mobilicity, launches this spring

New entrant WIND Mobile may have been getting the lion’s share of media attention in Canada thanks to parent company Globalive’s notorious battle with the CRTC, but today Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises announced it will begin offering its AWS 3G…

Nokia skipping Symbian V2, Maemo 6 products in second half of 2010

DigiTimes is reporting that mobile giant Nokia plans to forgo Symbian V2 and release Symbian V3, complete with multitouch functions, in the second half of 2010. Perhaps even more exciting than that, was what Digi’s sources had to say about…

Full version of Firefox Mobile finally released for Maemo 5

Nokia N900 owners are now the envy of the mobile world having been given the privilege of being the first group of people to use the official finalized version of Firefox Mobile. Firefox Mobile will run on the Maemo 5…

Nokia crushes Q4, net income up 65% from last year

Nokia reported its Q4 earnings, and to put it mildly, they crushed it. Nokia shipped 127 million units worldwide during Q4 which fueled net sales of €12 billion. Here are a few other highlights from the release and accompanying balance…

Nokia launches 16GB X6

A somewhat tame version of the X6 has been announced by Nokia today and will become available this quarter. The new 16GB X6 has half the memory capacity of the 32GB version, and it’s also missing the Comes With Music…

Motorola files suit to prevent former executive from joining Nokia

David Hartsfield, formerly of Motorola, has found himself tangled in a legal battle with his previous employer. The issue? He’s going to work for Nokia. Last week, Motorola filed an emergency motion in an Illinois district court to prevent Hartsfield…

Apple files complaint with the ITC, seeks to block the import of Nokia mobile phones

Apple fired another shot to Nokia in the ongoing legal battle between the two technology powerhouses. Following Nokia’s lead, Apple filed a patent-infringement complaint with the US International Trade Commission on Friday which seeks to block the import of Nokia…

Nokia continues legal assault on Apple, files suit with ITC to ban Apple imports

Back in October we told you about Nokia filing suit against Apple over the iPhone, claiming that Apple’s mobile offering violated Nokia patents pertaining to GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN (WLAN) standards. Perhaps some legal posturing, we thought; a public…

Top 10 posts of 2009

Another year, and even more devices, products, and services to look forward to. Things will be smaller, more advanced, faster, and some new markets might even be defined, but for now, check out the top 10 posts of 2009 (by…

Nokia announces the 5235 Comes With Music

It might seem more like a candy dispensing cell phone toy available at dollar stores everywhere, but the newly announced Nokia 5235 Comes With Music might just be the perfect handset for a music loving touchscreen wannabe on a budget.…

Apple files counter suit against Nokia

Back in October we reported that Nokia was filing suite against Apple, Inc. for infringing on, “patents for GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN (WLAN) standards.” Today Apple has fired back with a counter suit and a little shot across the…

Bell launches the Nokia N97

If you happen to live in Canada, have $199.95 burning a hole in your pocket, are more than happy to sign away three years worth of discretionary income to keep it running and don’t mind rolling with something that feels…

Nokia announces the 6700 classic Gold Edition

Although it’s having a bit of a hard time looking after its own finances, that didn’t stop Nokia from splurging on some gold and subsequently gilding the crap out of one of its most popular phones in the 6700 classic.…